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1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Big Bad Wool
Book club|European Book Club
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- Price Free - RSVP required
"Big Bad Wool", by Leonie Swann. Translated by Amy Bojang.
This meeting will take place on Zoom. Marie-Pierre Poulin, librarian at the Goethe-Institut Montreal, will moderate. The author will be present. Do prepare some questions for her!
About the novel:
In the highly anticipated follow-up to the breakout offbeat hit Three Bags Full, an enterprising flock of sheep must get to the bottom of just who—or what—is leaving a trail of grisly destruction in its wake.
With one solved mystery under their woolly belts, the time has come for the sheep of Glennkill to explore Europe. Together with their new shepherdess, Rebecca, they move into their winter quarters in the shadow of a French chateau. But their new home is far from idyllic. A number of sheep from a previous flock have disappeared, and deer are dying unnatural deaths in the forest. The strange goats from the neighboring pasture have a theory: a werewolf. Could that be real, or just a fantasy?
When a human falls victim, it becomes clear that even fantasies can be fatal. And the last thing the sheep want is to lose another shepherd. With the help of the goats next door, they follow the werewolf’s trail in a desperate attempt to save both themselves and Rebecca with sheep logic, courage, and woolpower.
This clever, tense mystery features the ultimate amateur sleuths as they ponder curious human motives, attempt to change their fortunes by eating tarot cards, and borrow a harebrained scheme from a not-so-secret spy in an attempt to thwart the beast that’s been stalking them.
“This shaggy-sheep story is by turns whimsical, spooky, witty and poignant. It’s worth the reader’s suspension of disbelief to persevere to the triumphant finale.”
—Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal
(penguinrandomhouse.com)
Please join us for an interesting and inspiring encounter!
The European Book Club meets every month and is organized by the Ottawa cluster of European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) and Ottawa Public Library. Meetings are free, discussions are held in English.